pirouette

A full turn of the body on the point of the toe or the ball of the foot in ballet.

To execute a pirouette.

To perform a pirouette; turn or whirl on one leg, or on the toes, as in dancing; advance or move along in a series of pirouettes, or short graceful turns, as a horse.

In dancing, a rapid whirling on one leg or on the points of the toes, as performed by ballet-dancers.

In the manège, a quick, short turn or whirl of a horse.

In old reed-instruments of the oboe class, the globular cup or bowl in which the reed was inclosed and which served as a kind of mouthpiece.

A whirling or turning on the toes in dancing.

The whirling about of a horse.

To perform a pirouette; to whirl, like a dancer.

A whirling or turning on the toes in dancing, primarily in ballet.